Bast v. St. Louis Freightliner, Inc.

KAROHL, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant sued defendant, St. Louis Freightliner, Inc., for personal injuries. The jury awarded plaintiff $150,000 in actual damages. The trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a new trial on damages alone. Plaintiff appeals this order.

The trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a new trial because the court believed prejudice resulted to defendant when the court inadvertently included a punitive damage verdict form in the instructions to the jury when punitive damages were not at issue.

Plaintiff contends the trial court erred in sustaining…